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The two most secure categories to win consistently are the highest-quantity categories: Hits/BkS.
In my one-year league last year, I finished the 22 H2H weeks as 20-2-0 & 21-1-0 in these two categories.
Despite having a team of underperforming early forward draft picks (Bobby Ryan, Ryan Getzlaf, Jeff
Carter) I was able to finish 3 rd in a 12-team league.
As a summary, if Team A played Team B 22 times, the victories each week could land around:
G: Team A 11 wins, Team B 11 wins
A: Team A 14 wins, Team B 8 wins
+/-: Team A 8 wins, Team B 14 wins
PIM: Team A 11 wins, Team B 11 wins
SOG: Team A 8 wins, Team B 14 wins
PPP: Team A 16 wins, Team B 6 wins (PPP is Team A’s biggest strength 95/70 = +35%)
Hits: Team A 6 wins, Team B 16 wins
BkS: Team A 4 wins, Team B 18 wins (BkS is Team B’s biggest strength 700/520 = +35%)
Totals:
Team A: 80-96 = 45.5%
Team B: 96-80 = 54.5%
Planning to win a Hits/BkS league is not difficult. The tack-on categories (Hits/BkS) are still two
categories. A category is a category, whether it is goals or BkS. Never forget this. If you can dominate a
category by taking players late in your draft, do it. This strategy is the value over investment that wins
championships. Since defensemen are the only position that really rakes in the Blocked Shots in large
quantities, you need to draft those players to stock that category. And once that’s your strategy, focus
on getting any other categories to make those late D picks well-rounded. The best BkS defensemen can
also be found with big hit totals, good +/-, or substantial PIM. Grab ‘em late and use your middle rounds
to stock forwards. Let everybody else worry about filling out their empty D slots. You’ll make up
Hits/BkS at the end of your draft… and you’ll do it well.
D is for Domination.
~ Pengwin7
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